Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-17
HOME AFFAIRS.
SECOND DAY OF THE REPUBLICAS
CLUBS IN COUNCIL.
The Thoroughbred Sale - Wool
Growers and the Tariff-Car
Factory for Alabama.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE ErcoRp-uNos.l
CONFIDENT REPUBLICANS.
Yesterdays Doings of the Convention of
RepubIican CIubs.

Republican Clubs.
New YORK, December 16th.-When the
delegates 10 the Convention OF Republican
Clubs began to file into Chickering Hall to-
day, it was remarked that they wore q
more confident air than yesterday, when
the battalions were disordered and head
less. The idea of a federation of clubs
centralized and obedient to the touch of q
directing hand was before every eye. They
were now in shape to carry out the pur-
pose of the Convention.
The Convention was called to order
shortly before II o'clock.
The first business before the Convention
was the reports of the committees. There
were 3l3 club names read, many of them
suggestive of distinguished leaders of the
party. The cheering was almost continu-
GUS as the following names were repeated :
John Sherman, l. S. Grant, Charles Sum
ner, John 4. Logan, Ben Wade, Abraham
Lincoln, and James G. Blaine. The last
name was greeted with tremendous cheer
ing, but it was noticed that many delegates
did not join in it.
THE SURPLUS QUESTION.
General Robinson, of the Grant Club,
Binghamton, n. Y, offered the following:
Resolred That it is the duty of the Govern
ment TO place our country in such state of de
itusS ds Will COluludIlu the respect OF all ma
tions, and for this purpose a large portion of
the surplus revenue should be devoted to forti-
flying our harbors building ships for our navy,
and in the manufacture of modern artillery for
the proper armament OF same.
All resolutions offered were referred
without debate to the Committee on Res
olutions.
LAMAR CONDEMNED.
Grosvenor of Ohio offered the following
rnG Int xr-Et tnl Il
WHEREAS. 1t is the opinion of this National
Convention OF Republican Clubs that no man
who at any time denounced Abraham Lincoln
while he was President of the United States as
a " buffOon and clown" or who ever declared
from his seat in the United States Senate that
no man should denounce Jefferson Davis as
traitor in his presence and go unrebuked by
him. or in his official capacity as Secretary OF
the Interior ordered that the flag of the United
States should be displayed at halfmast on the
occasion of the death of Jacob Thompson, or
who, as a Senator of the United States many
years after the rebellion, refused to vote that
the tenth and fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the Constitution are valid and binding
ought to be appointed to- or hold, the high of
fee of Justice of the Supreme Court OF the
United States; therefore,
ResOiUed- That l.. @. Lamar should not be con-
frmed as Justice of said Court.
SPEECH OF EvARTs.
At noon William NJ. Evarts, Permanent
plause. Having been introduced by Judge
Ryan, he congratulated the Convention on
its organization, and said that its work
would not interfere with any of the estab-
ished organize tons of the party. 1t would,
like that grand old party, never acknowl-
edge that there could be chosen a candidate
greater than the party. The clubs or
leagues that will be organized now will
prove organized agents and channels for
enforcing the sound political purposes
from which the Republican party never
shrinks or fears. Thus the suffrage of this
country will be formed and permeated with
Republican principles.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session the following
names were presented as officers of the Ma
tional League: President, Chauncey NJ.
Depew, of New York; Vice President,
James Z. Blanchard, of New York; Exec
utive Committeeman for New York, Ed
ward 7. Bracket.
A count made during recess showed that
there were l, 1858 delegates present, and $50
clubs represented.
After Chairman Evarts had taken his
seat there were repeated
CALLS FOR GENERAL NATHAN GoFF,
OF West Virginia He was escorted to the
platform, and after thanking the Conven-
ton for its welcome, said: come from
land south of the Mason line, and repre-
sent Republicans. We are Republicans
from conviction. We are of n country that
before the organization of the Republican
party, was suffering from the blight of
slavery, ignorance and Democracy We
believe that American labor and industry
should be protected by law. The Demo-
cratic party has been false to that idea" ;"
The speaker then referred to the war, in
which West Virginia's sons fought on the
side of the Union and under the stars and
bars, but they all voted for James G. Blaine
at the last election" General Goff con-
cluded as follows:
With either Allison of Iowa. Lincoln of
Illinois, Harrison of Indiana, Sherman of
Ohio, Hawley of Connecticut. Evarts or
Hiscock of New York, Phil. Sheridan of
the United States, and (but by no means
the least) Blaine of Maine, we should win" d"
Cheers followed each name.
AT the close of General Goff7s remarks
the report of the Committee on Resolutions
was read by Hon. John A. Kasson, of Iowa.
MASS MEETING LAST NIGHT.
New YORK, December 16th.-A mass
meeting under the auspices of the Repub-
lican clubs was held in Chickering Hall to-
night. Colonel John Atkinson, of Michi-
gan, presided. Hon. g. A. Grow, of Penn
sylvania, discussed the tariff issues, and
then Hon R. G. Horr, of Michigan, was
introduced to talk on temperance. He
said the Republican party had never been
on the wrong side of any question. He
believed in local option. IF man be-
lieyes in temperance, why does he
not join the third party? First |
would not join the Prohibition
party because every vote would be
helping the Democracy l would not join
that party, because the Democrats want me
to. What they want done should be avoid
ed by those who desire temperance. The
President, in his message, has given the
next platform of his party. The difficulty
has heretofore been that we never knew
when we had Democrat on any ques-
ton" The speaker said the mugwumps
had given up their time to accusing Re.
publicans and excusing Democrats, chiefly
the latter.
GOOD PRICES.
Second Day of the Great Blood Horse
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